Tag: Kazuhiro Kiyohara

Shukan Bunshun filed a report about Kazuhiro Kiyohara requiring a stay at a hospital because of a drug-related incident. Kiyohara's management company spoke to the media today and said they were going to explore all options, including a possible lawsuit, against the publisher for defamation.

Kiyohara was examined at a hospital in late-January because he was not feeling well. He was diagnosed with diabetes and required medical care. Since his schedule was full for most of February, he was unable to begin treatment until later in the month on the 27th. He was discharged on March 4.

Kazuhiro Kiyohara was participating in a Fuji TV game show called Tosochu: Run for Money when he tripped and fell and landed on his left hand. After the recording, Kiyohara complained of pain in his pinky finger and had it evaluated at a hospital, where he learned he suffered a fracture dislocation. He will require about four weeks of rest.

The episode is scheduled to air in January 2013. Footage featuring Kiyohara will be used as is.

A series of Sky Perfect TV commercials featuring Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Masumi Kuwata talking about baseball has been such a big hit that a special one-hour program was created (according to a Daily Sports report, there's about three to four hours of footage and only a small part of that was used for the commercials). Topics will include the PL Gakuen years, the rivalry years, the teammate years, and retirement.

According to Mita Police, a mid-sized truck driven by a man in his 20s came into contact with Kiyohara's car while trying to overpass him on a highway at around 8:45 this morning. No one was injured, but the mirror on the right side of Kiyohara's car was damaged by the truck.

Kiyohara will be acting as an editor for a manga called Danjiri (だんじり). The manga will be about a weak high school baseball team that is trying to make it to the Summer Koshien; the manager of the team will also be loosely based on Kiyohara.

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Kazuhiro Kiyohara made an appearance at a screening of The Walker (ザ・ウォーカー) on Wednesday to help promote the film and answered a few questions from viewers. When asked to pick someone that he felt had great leadership abilities, Kiyohara apparently answered Tatsunori Hara.

"I've worked with a number of different managers over my career and I think Hara may have been the best leader of them all. We were fairly close in terms of age and he was able to bring out the feelings of battling it out together. ... I'm sure he wanted to ask me more about my knees [when I played for him], but he never did and just completely trusted me. And then when I saw him win the WBC last year, I just felt, now that's a leader."

But more interesting than his opinion on Hara, was his desire to manage himself.

"I'd like to try my hand at it at some point. There's a lot I need to learn though. I've often spent time thinking about it while in bed."

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Kazuhiro Kiyoharawas hospitalized on 11/25 after complaining of pains in his back. He was later diagnosed with ureteral stones (尿管結石) and was told on Monday that he will require an extended stay at the hospital (likely about a month).

Kiyohara has canceled all his public engagements over the next month or so.

Kiyohara missed last month's 2009 Pro Yakyu OB All-Star Athlete Cup due to the pain in his back and was hospitalized shortly after that.